Printer&#39;s sawing and trimming machine



Nov. 13, 1951 J. ADRIAN 2,574,901

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p55" MM l 1 I H INVENTQR, Y Jase 0b 407/6? MAQM 4 rroelws Y6 Patented Nov. 13, 1951 PRINTER/S SAWING AND TRIMMING MACHINE Joseph Adrian, Cleveland, Ohio, assignor to Super Speed Printing Machinery, ..Inc., Cleveland, Ohio, a corporation of Ohio Application March 5, 1947, Serial No. 7 32 -548 i used by printing establishments for the purpose of cutting and trimming type bars, slugs, borders, plates or other typographical stock.

A general object of the invention is to provide a compact sawing and trimming machine that is especially convenient of use and is characterized by its ease of adjustment to articles of different sizes and thicknesses that. are to be cut. Another and important object of the invention is to provide a self-contained sawing and trimming unit that can be used on a bench or other support, or upon a frame or stand this is made especially for the reception of said unit, the unit, in any case, being adapted to be tilted on its support for convenient access to the driving mechanism and other parts for servicing orrepair.

v A further object of the invention is to provide a sawing and trimming machine in which all operating parts are carried by the work table, such parts including an electric motor that is attached to the underside of the table, and an arm that carries the saw and its arbor, and which arm is pivoted to a part of the table on the axis of the motor shaft, whereby the saw may be raised and lowered with respect to the work supporting surface of the table without change of distance between the motor shaft and saw arbor, thus making especially convenient the use of a belt drive or the like between the motor shaft and saw arbor.

The feature just described, in its preferred form, involves a relatively large annular bearing element or boss that is a part of the table and surrounds the motor shaft in concentric relation thereto, and a complementary part on the 3 Claims. (01. 29-69) V arm which is frictionally engaged with said bear- Fig. 3 is a vertical sectiontaken on line 3'3 of Fig. 1; i

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary section on line 44 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a bottom plan of the machine taken on line 55 of Fig. 3; and

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary detail section taken on line B,-6 of Fig. 3.

Referring now in detail to the drawings, a sawing and trimming machine, generally indicated bythe numeral Ill, is shown as supported on a frame or stand II that has an upwardly projecting edge strip I2 thereon to aid in retaining the machine II) in engagement with the frame or stand. The edge strip I2 extends completely around the frame II but, for convenience, is shown in section in Fig. 2. A sheet metal housing 20 is normally provided for the machine II], as shown.

The machine III has a flat upper surfaced work support table I3 that is made from any suitable material, such as aluminum in the form of a casting. The table I3 has a groove extending across it, and a conventional work carrying slide I4 is positioned therein. A stop or lock bar I5 is secured at one end to the slide I4 and extends normally therefrom and bears on the table. The

lock bar I5 suitably journals a threaded shaft I6 thereon, and an alignment finger or member I! is detachably engaged with the bar and shaft for quick movement therealong and for accurate final adjustment by turning the shaft. The alignment member I! is adapted to engage the ends of the type bars, slugs or other articles to be trimmed by the machine, which articles are also aligned against or by the lock bar I5. Type bars T are shown in dotted lines as they are positioned by the bar I5 and finger IT. A control knob l8, which has a finely calibrated scale thereon, is provided at the end of the shaft [6 so as to set the alignment member I! in an exact position with relation to the saw of the machine IU.

In order to firmly hold work against the lock bar I5, a clamp is provided, including a generally U-shaped bracket I9 that is secured to the slide I4, and a bar 2| that is slidably mounted in said bracket, the clamp being adjustable to adapt the machine for handling various amounts of material. A foot 22, which has a surface parallel to and facing the lock bar I5, is providedat one end of the bar 2I to engage the work. The clamp further comprises a locking member 23, having an actuating arm 24. Said member is secured to the rod 2| and is slidable on a guide 25 to which it is held in any adjustedposition by the locking member 23. This clamp forms no part of'the table. The aforesaid table extension constitutes.

the subject matter of my copending application now abandoned.

The foregoing construction;lwithr thecexcepition of the table extension;is-alllilrnownlfnithe-fi art, while the present invention adds to such-- known apparatus a supportearmsdl as.shown in Fig. 3, to position a disc saw'32in 'tliTiiachine I0. As an important feature of thetinieh tion, an apertured boss 33 is formed on a down- Wardly projecting rib .40 on the'underz's lrface of the table l3 and the arm 3| is providedv with =an"aperture 34 inone end thereof-which end has a tubular, laterally offset section"- 35 formed thereon encompassing the aperture 6.34. -;.The offset section 35 frictionally. engages *the annular face of the boss, as seen in Fig. 6,' andcon- -centric positioning of the section 35' and boss 33is accomplished by rabbeting the two incomplementary relation to each other so that an annu- -la'r shoulder" 36 is "provided on the offs'etrsece tio'ri '35' 'to engage with an annular recess '31. in theannula'r face of the boss '33. The arm 3| inay be made in any desired manner butipreferably' it is formed from a light metalfsuch as aluminum, by' casting, and it has a 'reenforcing web 44 extending substantiallythe length thereof. In all events, the arm' 3| housing-sections' 38 'and 39'formed, respectively; intermediate its ends, and at the end rem'tfte from the offset 35. Fig. 4 brings out that thedisp'o'si- 'tion 'of the boss 33 is such that the arm 3| swings in a vertical plane normal to that of-the work supporting table. Fig. '3 shows thatthe :free end of the arm 3| is downwardly directed from the housing 38 to the housing 391* The housing 38 suitably journals an arbor 4| ,th erein b y means of anti friction bearings' 42, with the arbor- 4| extending from both ends of the section38, A pulley 43 is suitably securedto a projectingend of the arbor 4| which .is.aligned with the offset 35 of the arm 3| for a purpose tobe described hereinafter, whereas the disc, saw 32 is,.removably secured to the pulley 43 by screws45. .In order to drive the saw .32..but. permits/er .tical adjustment thereof with relation,.to. the table l3 and to provide a compact sturdyop- 'erating unit, an electric motor- 46-is suitably secured to the under surface of the table,=.|3, which motor 46 has a shaft 4! extending-therefrom coincident with the axis ofthe -boss 33. A drive pulley 48 is secured to the shaft invthe .plane of the pulley 43. Seas-to connect the .drive pulley 48 tothe. driven pulley-43 butlstill permit the arm 3| to be pivotally-carried -on ;the-boss.33,a pair of parallel recesses, or slots .49 are formed in the tubular ofiset=35 of arm .3;|,' and an endless drive belt accommodated Tbysaid slots; is engaged ;around {the pulleys-43 e d 4 '1. ,rl; rp t sr; f a re of the invent s; h -...e a nei: the form; onaba 52 g'.,T6).:l1l disease ac os the. votede di f .th zarmaii iii! 4 in opposed relation to the annular face of the boss 33, and it has end portions apertured to receive cap screws 53 that are engaged with the rib 4|! of the support table I3. A pair of coil springs 54 are received in cylindrical recesses 55 formed in the bar 52, and they force small cups 56: against the adjacent lateral ,surface of the arm 3|.to seat it. securelyon the boss 33 and produce the desired friction between the .m'tebbss and offset 35.

-Slerti cal adjustment of the disc saw 32 is proiddfor and controlled by a lock shaft 51 which is'journalled in the housing section 39 and car- 'aies'a knob 58 atits outer end. ifroj'e'cts through a" slot 59 formed in the rib 40 enu -exposea by-a cutout portion of the sheet e elrheu n The shaft 51 A flanged nut 6| is slidable but non-rotatablein the slot 59 and threadedly engaged with this nut is the inner end of the shaft 51 so that by turning the knob 58 the 'free 'end of-"the arm 3| may be locked in any "desiredposition to the rib 40. By this means the discsaw is readily adjustable for action on any size of articles withinthe capacity of the machine. i

'A'small abrasive wheel 62 may be secured to theouter projecting end of the arbor 4| by a screw"63 that has a washer 64 associated therewithf This is in accordance with common practice, and'said abrasive wheel may be used for sharpening the 'saw'and'for other and more general purposes. l Fig 5 clearly shows that the machine is provided with feet 65 on which it is supported. The machine H3 is adapted to be lifted easily from" or tilted on its support when it is to be serviced" or repaired. Reenforcing ribs 10 are provided on the un'de surface of the'isupport table"|3, as'shown. A "substantially rectangular section 1| of the'table |3,' adjacent the saw accommodating slot 28, and" remote from the work carrying are'a'of the table, is hinged'to an adjacent part of the table b'y'a'pintle 12. Thus, when the saw 32 is moved to upper positions, the housing section 38 0f the arm 3| will bear against the table section II and swing it upwardly. From the foregoing, it is seen that my in- .vention provides a compact and readily adjustable sawing and trimming machine that is very convenient of use and the servicing and repair of which are facilitated by its self-contained andtiltable features.

Onecomplete embodiment of the invention has been illustrated and described in detail herein but the invention is not limited to the specific example set forth since modification may be resorted to within the scope'of the appended claims; and where the term -belt appears it 'is'to be understood as embracing any-equivalent 'flexible driving element. I What is claimed-is: I l. ln combination, a structure characterized by a substantially horizontal work support table, a motor supported by and-fbeneath-thetable with its shaft substantially parallel'thereto, the structure including a vertical wall depending from the work support table,- said wallhaving an annular bearing part surrounding the 'motor shaft in concentricrelation thereto but separated therefrom by a vacant annular-space, a support means yieldingly acting in a direction axially of the shaft maintaining said bearing parts in operative relation to each other, an arbor journalecl in said arm remote from said shaft, driving connections between the shaft and arbor, a disc saw secured to the arbor, and holding means for securing said support arm in any of a plurality of positions to vary the relationship between the saw and work support surface.

2. The combination defined by claim 1, wherein said bearing parts have. faces that engage in a plane normal to the pivotal axis of the support arm and are characterized by annular interengaging portions for holding them against relative shifting in a radial direction, and the means for yieldingly maintaining said parts in operative relation consists of a bar disposed across the support arm substantially diametrically of the annular bearing part thereof, the motor shaft stopping short of the side of the arm remote from said wall, tie members connecting said bar to the wall, and compression means between the bar and arm acting to press the bearing part of the arm against the bearing part of the structure.

3. The combination defined by claim 1, wherein said bearing parts have faces in the form of reversely rabbeted annular surfaces that interfit one within the other, and the means for yieldingly maintaining said parts in operative relation consists of a bar disposed across the support arm substantially diametrically of the annular bearing part thereof, the motor shaft stopping short of the side of the arm remote from said wall, tie bolts connecting the ends of the bar to the wall, and compression springs interposed between the bar and support arm.

JOSEPH ADRIAN.

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